Lemon verbena for the nerves a heat dome frayed.
A teaspoon of dried leaf, or a small handful fresh, steeped five minutes with a lid on so the oils don't escape. Bright and candied, no caffeine, easy on a churning stomach. The French call it verveine.
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Tha thu sàbhailte an-dràsta. You are safe right now.
Even knowing the fight resumes at dawn. The same nervous system that flooded with cortisol today knows, in some unhurried way, how to come back down.
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In 2023 an Ohio pastor stood before a school board raging about Pride flags, warning about "the health risks of kids being gay" and calling the flags "a disgusting display."
This week he was sentenced to 15 years for abusing a 14-year-old
They were never protecting the children. They were building a spotlight bright enough to keep you from looking where they stood
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He sold steaks, vodka, a fake university, and a book about deals he didn't write. Then we let him sell off the actual world.
One January memo pulled the US out of 31 UN programs and 35 other organizations. The IPCC. UN Women. The agency for children in armed conflict. PEPFAR, the AIDS program across 50-plus countries, gutted.
The snake oil was always the poison.
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